My mother died in the hospital less, 4 weeks ago. She went in after a suspected heart attack (cardiac enzymes were elevated). She was doing poorly, at first, but began improving. Suddenly and without warning, she was going downhill. Her lungs were filling with fluid, more and more, each day. The fluid apparently killed her. I was told she didn't have other signs of Covid, such as fever, but I haven't yet seen the charts. She died wearing a full face mask for oxygen. She was in one hospital for two weeks, then moved to another hospital after she had improved.
One of her physicians told me she didn't have Covid - that it was just her time to go. She was 82. I think many hospitals have a policy of saying and doing anything to avoid liability. I don't know if she had Covid, or not - the hospital never tested her, but it sure makes me wonder.
I recently asked others on the forum about the presentation of Covid symptoms in the elderly. The feedback was that the signs are usually worse in the elderly, not milder. I guess it's impossible to know.
If CytoDyn's leronlimab had been approved, the physicians would have tried it. But they wouldn't because it isn't. It's really important that the FDA does not continue to block approval, as they are now doing.